This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
Forest Scene on the Tobihanna; Alleghany Mountains.
Taken 1 Jan 1839
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Remains of the Ancient Chersonese, near Sebastopol.
Taken 1 Jan 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Balancing rock in the large group of rocks called the Tower of London
Taken 1 Jan 1895
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Burned dormitory, State College of Washington, Pullman, Washington
Taken 1 Jan 1897
UW Digital Collections
Crossing frozen Crater Lake with sleds outfitted with sails, British Columbia
Taken 1 Jan 1898
UW Digital Collections
Commonwealth Procession outside the Treasury building in Queen Street
Taken 1 Jan 1901
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Picnic group on Federation Day at Bunker Creek above Whipstick Station, White Cliffs, NSW, 1 January 1901, by an unknown photographer.
Taken 1 Jan 1901
State Library of New South Wales collection
Soldiers preparing to fire the cannons at a military display in the Domain
Taken 1 Jan 1901
State Library of Queensland, Australia
A row of spherical barrage balloons used for suspending aerial nets
Taken 1 Jan 1918
Australian War Memorial collection
A man is recording sound effects, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
A man playing the Kantele in front of a broadcast van, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Broadcast van and a reindeer, Inari, Lapland, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Engineer Eero Frantsila beside Telefunken transmission equipment in Lahti radio station, 1930's.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Martti Jukola reporting from a sports event, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Office in the Radio House in Fabianinkatu, Helsinki, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
President Kyösti Kallio speaking on the radio, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Radio announcer Ebba Jakobson-Lilius in a continuity unit, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Radio reporter Alexis af Enehjelm interviewing a man fixing a car, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Radio reporter Alexis af Enehjelm, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Reporter and announcer Alexis af Enehjelm, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erkki Linko in the studio, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Photograph of the National Archives Building Entrance on Constitution Avenue, 01/01/1936
Taken 1 Jan 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the National Archives Building with the United States Capitol in the Background, 01/01/1936
Taken 1 Jan 1936
The U.S. National Archives
"Give this to the youngest boy who sells papers in Sydney" ; A Merrie Xmas and a Happy New Year, Nellie Melba, 1908-1909
Taken 1 Jan 1937
State Library of New South Wales collection
Highland Gathering, New Year's Day, Sydney Showground, 1 January 1937 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 1 Jan 1937
State Library of New South Wales collection
Parts of the 10 kW transmitter destined for Vaasa broadcasting station are loaded in the courtyard of Fabianinkatu radio house, ca. 1937.
Taken 1 Jan 1937
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
An employee is finishing the power gain field destined for Sortavala broadcasting station in Yleisradio's workshop, ca. 1938.
Taken 1 Jan 1938
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Control room and radio studio in Fabianinkatu headquarters of Yleisradio, ca 1938.
Taken 1 Jan 1938
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Two mechanics manufacturing a 1 kW medium waves transmitter in Yleisradio's workshop, ca. 1938.
Taken 1 Jan 1938
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Yleisradio's service workshop in Fabianinkatu, ca. 1938.
Taken 1 Jan 1938
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
A low voltage board destined for Turku broadcasting station in the courtyard of Fabianinkatu radio house, ca. 1939.
Taken 1 Jan 1939
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Rectifier for the Olympia 40/3 distributing amplifier made for the cancelled 1940 Olympic Games, ca. 1940.
Taken 1 Jan 1940
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
The Syncro-Clock time keeper, Yleisradio's driving clock and a kind of radio that received the time signal from the German hydrological institute's chronometer. A radio set which controlled several
Taken 1 Jan 1945
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Underwater New Year’s at Rainbow Springs: Rainbow Springs, Florida
Taken 1 Jan 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
[Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, Diesel Electric Passenger Locomotive No. 14, in Front of the Hotel Dallas Building]
Taken 1 Jan 1959
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Fort Worth & Denver City, Diesel Electric Passenger Locomotive No. 9980A]
Taken 1 Jan 1959
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Diesel Electric Passenger Locomotive No. 54A]
Taken 1 Jan 1959
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Sharon Conrad swimming among various citrus fruits
Taken 1 Jan 1962
State Library and Archives of Florida
President John F. Kennedy enjoying the Orange Bowl game: Miami, Florida
Taken 1 Jan 1963
State Library and Archives of Florida